Bottle folder



May 15, 1945. J v. SAMUE'LS BOTTLE FOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 1, 1942 WI HHHHI WMAW INVENTOR. 2555 K 544/056.

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I I BOTTLE FOLDER Filed April 1, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I therein;

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Patented May 15, 1945 [I JosephV.

BOTTLE FOLDER Samuels, Jefferson City, Mo., ;assignor of forty per cent to Johnnie Rogers, Jefferson City, Mo.

I Application April 1,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to bottle-folders. v.An object of this invention, is to provide a cloth folder orbag for Wine bottles or other bottles to replace .a napkin which is usually used to wrapa bottle when serving therefrom.

. Theadvantageof the bottle folder embodying theinvention is that it prevents stains fromthe bottlefon the table cloth or other linen. The

bottle folder furthermore may be made inexpensively fromcloth in'any color or design desired.

The bottle folder totally encloses the bottle, with the exception that the. mouth of the bottleprotrudes at'the top and the folder has a window I 7 opening throughwhich the label of the bottle may 1942, Serial No. 437,174 01. 150-52) shall yet be practical and efficient to a high degree in use. Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a bottle folder embodying the invention with a bottle rear elevational view thereof;

cross-sectional View taken Fig. 2' is a Fig. 3 is a horizontal,

through the middle of the folder, and embodying a modified construction; I

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig 1;

Fig. 6 is a developed, top plan view of a bottle folder embodying the invention, and illustrating. another modified construction;

Fig. 7 is a front elevational view of the folder shown in Fig. 6, with a bottle therein; and

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7 and illustrating a still further modified construction,

Referring now in detail to the drawings, I0 designates a bottle folder embodying the invention bottle II maybe exposed.

with a bottle I'I therein. The bottle folder Ill may b made of clothof any suitable kind and color. .The folder has a, bottom wall I2, and a body I3. The body I3 comprises inner and outer pieces of clothl3a and I3b. The bottom wall 12 comprises innerand outer pieces of cloth I 2a and I217. The lower ends of the pieces of cloth I3a and I3b arereceived between the pieces of clothIZa: and Ill), and stitched thereto as at I4. The peripheral edges of are folded inwardly before stitching, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Thebody' I3 is bottle shaped, that is, it is cylin drical part of'the way up, as at I5, 'and'has a tapering. portion I6 and a neck portion I! at its upper end, The'neck is openso that the mouth of the Thebody l3 isformed with a'longitudinal slit I8, the meeting edges at the slit being provided with slider actuated fasteners I9.

The fasteners I9 are opened by moving the slider 20 and locked by moving th slider upwardly. At the upper end of the neck I1 is a reinforcing band 2I made of tape or ribbon stitched to the neck portion of the folder. The walls I3a, I3b are cut-away at the. front of the folder to form a rectangular opening 23 opposite to the slider actuated fasteners I9, and through which opening the label 24 of the bottle I I may beseen.

The edges of walls I3a, l3b may be folded inwardly, and stitched together at the opening 23. There may furthermore be stitched to walls I311, l3b all around the opening 23, strips of tape or ribbon 21 to reinforce the material at the opening.

Th entire folder being made of cloth may be laundered. The folder takes the place of the common napkin used to wrap wine bottles for table service or banquets, parties, restaurants or dining rooms. The folders may be made of various shapes, but fit any shape of liquor or Wine bottle. The folders may be used a number of times before being laundered. The folders may also be iron when the slider actuated fasteners are opened. v

The opening 23 may be covered with mica or other transparent material t cover the label. As the slider moves down, the folder opens up, so that the bottle may be removed or replaced. The tapering and .neck portion of the folder may be made by cutting darts from the material or cloth of which the folder is made or by making V- shaped folds 30, as shown in the drawings and Stitching the folds.

When a transparent cover is used for the open the pieces IZa and, I2b

ing 23, it is preferably removably attached by inserting the edges thereof between the tapes 21. Thus, the transparent cover for the opening 23 may be removed before laundering,

In Fig. 3 there is shown a modified construction, similar to the construction of one of I, 2, 4 and 5, with the exception that there is substituted for the tapes 2-1, a tape 21a inserted between the inner and outer walls I3a, I31) and stitched thereto.

It will be noted that the tapes 21, as well as the tape 21a, project beyond the edges of the walls 13a, l3b.

In Figs. 6 and '7 there is shown a folder 40 which may be closed by the use of snap fasten: ers instead of slider actuated fasteners. The folder 40 is made from a flat body of cloth 4| having an opening 42, through which the label on the bottle may be visible.

The bottom edge 43 of the body Al is stitched to the periphery of the bottom member 44, which is circular and forms a bottom wall for the folder. The body M is bottle shaped, but has overlapping portions 45', 46 at the "bottom, and overlapping portions 4' 1, 48' at the neck. The overlapping portions #5, 46 are formed with cooperating snap fastener members 49 and 50, and the overlapping portions 41, 48 at the neck are formed with co operating snap fastener portions 52,- '53. To remove the bottle it is merelynecessary-to unsnap the snap fasteners "49, '50 and 52; -3. Adjacent the bottom of one edge of body 41 is atape 54 which may be stitched to the opposite side of the body.

In Fig. 8, the overlapping tabs 45a, 41a corresponding to the tapes 45 and 41 of Fig. 6, are difierently shaped to enhance the appearance of the folder,

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

' As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understoodthatall matter herein set forth'or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A launderablecloth bottle folder having a bottom-wall anda body, said body having a cylindrical lower portion, a tapering intermediate portion, and an upper neck portion, the bottom wall being attached to the lower end of said cylindricalportion, said-body having an opening from its upper end to its lower end, means to close said opening, said means comprising slider actuatedfasteners at opposite edges of said opening, a slider adapted to be-moved-downwardly-to open the folder and upwardly to close the folder, said folder having an opening .at apart thereof, opposite the longitudinal opening, for the purpose of, exposing a portion of the'bottle' when thebottle is inth'e folder, means to reinforce the edges of the opening which exposes a portion of the bottle, said last mentioned meanscor'nprising a pair of superposed tapes stitched to the edges of the folder defining ,the opening exposing a portion of said bottle, and a transparent cover removably inserted between said tapes.

JOSEPH V. SAMUELS. 

